Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez

Infobox Christian leader type = Bishop name = Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez title = Bishop of Dijon image = Mgr Le Nordez.jpg church = Catholic Church diocese = Diocese of Dijon term = 28 November 1898 – 4 September 1904 predecessor = successor = other_post = Titular Bishop of Dionysiopolis (1921-1922) previous_post = Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia (1896-1898)Auxiliary Bishop of Verdun (1896-1898) ordination = 6 June 1868 ordained_by = consecration = 9 August 1896 consecrated_by =

Under Rampolla's successor, Rafael Merry del Val, Le Nordez was in 1904 summoned to Rome, to consult with the new Pope Pius X. Le Nordez went to Rome in July in a blaze of publicity, and was kept "in retreat". He resigned his see in September.

This was coupled with a related disciplinary story, that of Pierre-Joseph Geay, bishop of Laval. It caused a diplomatic crisis, against a background of suspicions that these bishops had been targets because of their sympathies for French Republican politics. France broke off relations with the Holy See, a situation that lasted another 17 years. The French politician Émile Combes announced on 30 July that “la volonté du Saint-Siège rend sans emploi les relations diplomatiques entre le Vatican et la France” (the wishes of the Holy See make useless the diplomatic ties between the Vatican and France).